Presentation at Formez, Cagliari for Sound Planning in June 2007.

1. Sound Planning and Management Summer School Collaboration: an individual or a group experience? Cagliari, 11-12.06. 07

2. Pablo Picasso or George Braque?

4. Collaboration is a culture, a mindset, and a way of being in the world. Collaboration is not a set of tools, activities or techniques.

5. I dentity U nknowing R elationship F low R eciprocity

6. Community: people, their informal relationships, trust and connections Domain: shared passion and experiences about a domain that give a sense of identity Practice: context for ongoing exchange, accumulating knowledge and access to community stories Community of Practice: a social discipline of learning leadership sponsorship members participation Learning together nurturing support

7. COMMUNITY: attention to “small things” and social processes; back-channel communication; time; trust; networking... DOMAIN: visibility; hold it up to the outside; easy for members to “ publish” and see patterns and connections PRACTICE: regular, linked events not bound by time and space; notice and mirror practices that work... How do we nurture collaboration in a Community of Practice? context context

8. Forms of participation occasional transactional peripheral active coordinator core group lurkers leaders sponsors experts beginners alumni outsiders Etienne Wenger

9. How do we manage multi-membership and multiple identities? Collaboration in networks

10. I dentity/ Anonymity U nknowing/ Knowing R elationship/ Solitary F low/ Interruption R eciprocity/ Self-interest

11. The question is more “how do we discover, support and extend the collaboration that is already happening?” rather than “how do we motivate people to collaborate?”